Gold’s new Intra-Day High is $2801.70.
My prediction that gold would hit $2.8K by the end of the month came true. Inflation fears, currency crisis, debt crisis and political instability are the multiple reasons. The hoarding is being performed by the Banksters who are considered “smart money.
Hmmm… Remember that gold is insurance to preserve wealth…
Today and Friday are gym-days to pump blood. My bursitis in my right hip is still there, and I’m aware that even increased blood flow from a heating pad helps. The idea is to do no further harm, but increase the blood flow to heal the inflammation and collected excess fluid in a joint padding.
I looked at a pair of my shoes. I generally wear out the heal because I have a rather pronounced heal strike, and to exacerbate this my right foot is even more exaggerated. I basically wear out shoes and sneakers quickly.
My legs happen to be of the same length, but my right arm is an inch longer than my left. Take into account that I have narrow shoulders of a girly man, the end result is I have a killer right that uses speed, snap, and full extension along with the physics of leverage to generate mucho force. Pretty much a kinetic weapon that can take out a tank. Pure physics…
Then add onto this my bowed legs, which makes me hyper agile to move laterally. Pretty much makes me able to dodge punches, counter attack, and flank an opponent. Lots of experience here growing up in the 70’s.
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I am mucho pleased. I discovered last night that I have on hand a used Mavic 261 32-hole rim in my stockpile of parts.
I saved the rim from a front wheel that had a Ringle hub that the spoke flange fatigued and cracked. I think I caused this fatigue because of how I use a bike like a stair master and use extensive leaning via standing to create excessive loading and using my entire body a a long lever to develop force. I am known for my out of the seat style of riding, especially mountain biking.
By great luck this spare rim is period correct an the perfect match for the OEM wheels that already exist on the IBIS SS, a bike that was bought by mistake because originally bought for “Maggie,” but advertised as being a smaller frame size, but actually by chance a perfect fit for me.
This bike I think was a garage bike that did not see any off-road use. Mighty clean. Actually stunning because of remarkable condition and still OEM. If it was an old car it would be called a “Survivor” that remains “factory-correct.” Pretty much a mucho lucky find.
So this excess rim I discovered allows me to save the polished set of Sun Rhyno lites for a future set of wheel builds, perhaps for the Fat Chance Yo Eddy. I might want to secure a spare XTR 11-speed shifter to go 1x11.
Like a chess player I’m thinking three moves ahead. As a “thinker” I don’t think short-term, and I not only promote day-dreaming, but also avoid being near or short sighted. Thinking long term generally pays dividends, saves money, offers options, provides flexibility, offers creative options, and likely has made me wealthier.
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The mild weather and extended growing season looks to extend well into November. 80 degree temperature expected tomorrow as the high. Kinda wonderful for me, but yesterday Andrew mentioned that along the pacific coasts the wild fire season already has begun. Drought and dry season has already started.
Then there is the smoldering peat in Canada underground that can reignite and emerge at any time…
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My heating pad experiment with the 175 watt Milwaukee battery pack failed with the 53 watt heating pad load. I of course attempted to blast the setting on the high heat setting. All looked well, but the battery pack must of drew too much initial current, and it must of tripped off some protective circuitry in the battery pack.
Because I’m stubborn, further testing. Heating elements act like Thermistors, meaning the load can initially appear as a short, until things warm up. Pretty much like running a car in the winter it is best to ramp things up gently untill operating temperatures are reached. The constant state may be the advertised 53 watts, but the initial current draw likely exceeds the 175 watt reading on the power supply.
Anyways I have not given up on the idea of using a heating pad or mat to locally heat a work area. Know that Maggie ordered the $169.00 cloak with a hood that is basically an electric blanket.
Pretty much this eventually will point to building out the 400 square foot second floor studio on top of the garage along with a raised deck to exploit the view. “Don’t tell Maggie.” Ha-ha…
I have the idea of having all windows on the wall that faces due south for light and solar gain. Pretty much the other three walls no windows except east and west near the peak of a gabled roof that has its peak aligned also east and west.
On the inside I’ll have a balcony/loft area to exploit a cathedral ceiling that otherwise is open. The idea here is to have a flow through for ventilation. A reversible ceiling fan could work as a whole house fan to draw in cooler air from the outside to avoid solar gain when not needed. Reverse the fan in the winter to recirculate the warm air that rises.
From the street it would just look like a carriage house, but from the back-backyard it would be rather dramatic with an elevated view that kinda extends and suggests terracing. Engineered into this design is privacy. Don’t forget that we have intrusive neighbors that I knocked named “Snoopy” and “JJ” (short for Joe Rogan Junior).
The south view would include a twin lawn divided by a walkway, a graveled open area, another open area labeled “the table” followed by the cliff like bluff I created that leads down into a valley that contains a marsh, frog pond, a brook, and then in the distance a forested hillside. Lots of drama in the landscape.
I think Devil Christian would approve, and he is mighty clever.
Know that tall spruce trees along the east and on out property a wall of tall white pines flank the back-backyard for walled in privacy.
Cal
